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A group of Jewish children exposed to radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster of April 26, 1986, mark the eighth anniversary in Jerusalem a day early by releasing 1,000 balloons. Each balloon symbolizes a Ukrainian child brought to Israel for radiation treatment. Since 1990, the ultra-Orthodox Chabad movement has brought 950 children to Israel from Ukraine and Belarus. Another 50 will arrive in June.

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